I also received the standard, "you're just one mark short," reply from Thompson three years ago. I called them & eventually got through to someone who was able to kindly provide some feedback. She told me that I had passed the maths tests but my verbal reasoning was weak: in sixth form I
achieved a grade F for A' level maths but a grade A for my English Language A' level!
Counting up here: I know of ten other guys who have previously applied to Thompson, including two training captains who trained some of their crews in previous incarnations, with the likes of Maersk, & delivered some of their aircraft for them, who also went on to fail, "by just one mark." Two of the guys got through. There are many experienced crews who will not apply to Thompson because of their inappropriate selection process which is aimed, rightly or wrongly, totally at the wannabe section of our profession.
I have been involved in recruitment in Britannia/Thomsonfly for many years.
Dogma, if this is true then I think that the standard of your posts on this thread just about says it all, doesn't it?